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sun's diameter, surroundina; the moon's dark body. But in no 

 part of Great Britain will this appearance be visible. The cen- 

 tral eclipse will commence at 12 ho. 54 min. 40 sec. apparent 

 time at Greenwich, in lat. 81 deg. 39 min. 30 sec. north — and 

 Ions;. 149 deg. 33 min. west of Greenwich. The sun will be cen- 

 trally eclipsed on the meridian at 1 ho. 8 min. 15 sec. in lat. 76 

 deg. 6 min. 20 sec. north — and long. 17 deg. 3 min. 20 sec. 

 west. It will traverse the supposed polar basin and the north- 

 east coast of Greenland; the object of so much curiosity at the 

 present time ; so that if the discovery ships, which sailed in 1818, 

 viz. the Dorothea, Captain Buchan and Lieut. .Morrel, and the 

 Trent, Lieutenants Franklin and Beecbey, to the Pole direct, 

 should chance to be in those parts, they may probably observe 

 the eclipse in those high northern latitudes, as may also the na- 

 vigators returning from the Greenland Whale Fishery, should they, 

 not be home at the time. 



The centre of the moon's shadow, after quitting the coast of 

 Greenland, passes a little to the west of Mayness's Island ; it 

 thence proceeds up the North Sea, about midway between the 

 Shetland Isles and the coast of Norway, leaving every part of 

 Britain to the west. It thence enters the Continent of Europe, be- 

 tween Embden and the Weser, and in crossing the Confederai.iou 

 uf the Rhine it passes by Cassel, Wurtzburg, and Munich. It 

 thence crosses a part of Italy, and enters the Gulf of Venice be- 

 tween Venice and Trieste, and proceeding in its track it leaves 

 the Island of Tremiti a little to the west. It thence crosses the 

 heel of Italy and enters the Mediterranean, passing over the Gulf 

 of Tarento, leaving the coast of Morea and Candia about a de- 

 gree to the east, whence it enters Egypt, passing by the city of 

 Alexandria, leaving the Egyptian Pyramids a little to the south, 

 whence it passes over Grand Cairo and the north end of the Red 

 Sea: it then enters Arabia, and fmally leaves the earth near the 

 Persian Gulf, at 3 ho. 8 min. 10 sec. in lat 27 deg. 10 min. 30 

 sec. north, and long. 46 deg. 2 min. east of Greenwich. Total 

 duration of the central eclipse 2 ho. 13 min. 30 sec. The ge- 

 neral eclipse commences at 1 1 ho. 23 min. in lat. 59 deg. 'i'^ min. 

 north, and long. 90 deg, 50 min. west; and fina'ly leaves the 

 earth at 4 ho, 39 min, 45 sec. in hit. 3 deg. 21 iniii. north, and 

 long. 20 deg. 25 min. cast. Total duration of the general eclipse 

 lo the inhabitants of the earth 5 ho. IG min. 45 sec. 



The duration of the annular eclipse caiuiot at any particular 

 place exceed six minute^ of time. 



The eclipse will be annular, or the whole body of the moon 

 will appear on the sun's disc, over a space of about 150 miles in 

 breadth, on each side of the central line. 



And where the eclipse is of the magnitude of 1 1 digits and 

 U 2 one- 



